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| 6010955202 | What was the African contribution to the "Colombian Exchange | C) Slaves | 0 | |
| 6010955203 | Which of the following was NOT considered a factor in the development of large kingdoms in Africa | B) The collapse of the Christian kingdom in Ethiopia in the face of Muslim advance | 1 | |
| 6010957865 | What European nation first established direct contact with black Africa | D) Portugal | 2 | |
| 6010957866 | The most important Portuguese trade fort or factory was located where | A) El Mina | 3 | |
| 6010959893 | Which of the following statements concerning the early Portuguese trade forts is most accurate | C) Most of the forts were established with the agreement or license of local rulers. | 4 | |
| 6010970001 | Which of the African kingdoms was most successfully converted to Christianity by Portuguese missionaries | D) Kongo | 5 | |
| 6010970002 | South of their trade forts along the Gold Coast, the Portuguese established Luanda, this became the basis for the Portuguese colony of | A) Angola. | 6 | |
| 6010972562 | Which of the following statements concerning the Portuguese presence in east Africa is most accurate | C) Portuguese bases in east Africa gave them access to the gold trade of east Africa, but they were unable to completely disrupt the Muslim trade with the region. | 7 | |
| 6010972563 | Following the model established by the Portuguese, which of the following was NOT one of the principal patterns of European contact with Africa | D) Widespread European colonization | 8 | |
| 6010975542 | Which of the following statements about slavery in Europe before 1450 was most accurate | C) Slavery had died out in the Middle Ages in most of Europe except along the military frontier between Christians and Muslims in the Mediterranean. | 9 | |
| 6010975543 | The first slaves brought directly to Portugal from Africa arrived in | A) 1441. | 10 | |
| 6010977966 | In what manner did the Portuguese seize most of the slaves that were transported from Africa | B) They traded for them with African rulers. | 11 | |
| 6010977967 | What development led to an intensification of the Portuguese involvement in the African slave trade | C) The development of sugar plantations on the Atlantic island of Madeira | 12 | |
| 6010980283 | What is the best estimate of the number of Africans shipped across the Atlantic between 1450 and 1850 | C) 12 million | 13 | |
| 6010985703 | In what century did the Atlantic slave trade reach its zenith in terms of numbers of Africans exported | D) 18th | 14 | |
| 6010985704 | Which of the following statements concerning the volume of the slave trade to the American colonies is most accurate | B) The high volume of the slave trade was a necessity because slave mortality was high and fertility was low leading to a loss of slave population. | 15 | |
| 6010988987 | What region in the Americas received more slaves than any other between 1550 and 1850 | A) Brazil | 16 | |
| 6010988988 | Which of the following statements concerning the shape of the commerce in African slaves is most accurate | D) The Atlantic slave trade drew slaves from across the African continent and its concentration shifted from Senegambia to central and western Africa over time. | 17 | |
| 6010992274 | In what way did the trans-Saharan slave trade differ from that of the Atlantic slave trade | C) The trans-Saharan slave trade concentrated on women, but the Atlantic slave trade concentrated on young men. | 18 | |
| 6010992275 | What was the demographic impact of the slave trade on Africa | C) The slave trade had the impact of skewing the population of central Africa in favor of a disproportional number of women. | 19 | |
| 6010992294 | How did the British organize the shipment of slaves to the Americas | B) In Britain, the chartered Royal African Company was granted a monopoly over the shipment of slaves to colonies in the Americas. | 20 | |
| 6010996653 | The Spanish term for a healthy adult male slave was | A) indies piece. | 21 | |
| 6010996654 | What was the average profitability of the English slave trade in the late 18th century | A) 5-10 percent | 22 | |
| 6010999275 | How did the profitability of the slave trade compare to that of other contemporary business ventures | D) The slave trade was little more profitable than most business activities of the age and was not a major source for the Industrial Revolution of Europe. | 23 | |
| 6010999276 | What was the term utilized for the commercial arrangement by which African slaves were shipped to the Americas, sugar and tobacco were carried to Europe, and European manufactured goods were transported to Africa | C) Triangular trade | 24 | |
| 6011000807 | Which of the following statements concerning slavery on the continent of Africa before the arrival of the Europeans is most accurate | D) In many African societies, the control of slaves was one of the few ways in which individuals or lineages could increase their wealth and status. | 25 | |
| 6011000808 | What was the political impact of the presence of Europeans on the African coast | C) West and central African kingdoms just inland from the forts began to redirect their trade and expand their influence. | 26 | |
| 6011002935 | In what way did the European slave trade enable centralizing states to expand more rapidly | A) Slaves were traded for firearms that allowed expanding states to overpower their neighbors, resulting in more slaves. | 27 | |
| 6011002936 | Which of the following was a large African state that developed in western Africa during the period of the Atlantic slave trade | D) Asante | 28 | |
| 6011006383 | Under whose rule was unity achieved among the numerous Akan clans of Asante | B) Osei Tutu | 29 | |
| 6011006384 | The title given to the supreme civil and religious ruler of the Asante kingdom was | C) asantehene. | 30 | |
| 6011009576 | On the east coast of Africa, the Swahili trading cities | C) continued their commerce in the Indian Ocean with both the Portuguese and the Ottoman Turks. | 31 | |
| 6011009577 | One of the unique features of the east African coast that differed from West Africa was | C) the existence of large European colonies. | 32 | |
| 6011011952 | An example of the acceptance of Nilotic peoples as ruling dynasties among the Bantu was the Luo at | D) Bunyoro. | 33 | |
| 6011011953 | The Muslim reform movement of the 1770s that swept through the trade networks in Senegambia and the western Sudan was what variant of Islam | C) Sufi | 34 | |
| 6011014975 | Usuman Dan Fodio began a rebellion in what African kingdom(s) in 1804 | A) Hausa | 35 | |
| 6011014976 | Usuman Dan Fodio's rebellion eventually led to the formation of what caliphal state | C) Sokoto | 36 | |
| 6011017795 | What area of Africa was least affected by the slave trade | B) Southern Africa | 37 | |
| 6011017796 | In 1652 what group established a colony at the Cape of Good Hope | C) The Dutch East India Company | 38 | |
| 6011020378 | In 1818 who assumed leadership in the Zulu chiefdom of the Nguni people of southern Africa | D) Shaka | 39 | |
| 6011020379 | What was the impact of the Mfecane | D) The resulting political disruption sent African groups fleeing before the Zulus into both Portuguese coastal regions and the Boer farms of southern Africa. | 40 | |
| 6011023212 | What was the average mortality rate for slaves shipped to the Americas in the Atlantic slave trade | B) 18-20 percent | 41 | |
| 6011023213 | The slave voyage to the Americas was referred to as the | D) "Middle Passage." | 42 | |
| 6011025139 | Why were Africans sought for plantation labor in the Americas | B) West Africans were already familiar with metallurgy, herding, and intensive agriculture whereas Indians were not. | 43 | |
| 6011028025 | How were the British colonies of the southern Atlantic coast of North America different from the Latin American colonies | D) The British colonies depended less on imported Africans because of the positive rate of growth among the slaves. | 44 | |
| 6011028026 | Which of the following statements concerning slave families is most accurate | A) Despite enormous difficulties, slaves continued to live in family units. | 45 | |
| 6011028027 | Which of the following was NOT an African religion transported to the Americas | C) Asantehene | 46 | |
| 6011030945 | Which of the following statements concerning resistance to slavery is most accurate | A) Recalcitrance, running away, and direct rebellion were present wherever slaves were employed. | 47 | |
| 6011030946 | Which of the following was a British opponent of the slave trade | C) William Wilberforce | 48 | |
| 6011050933 | Which of the following statements concerning the ending of the slave trade is most accurate | C) While it is true that legitimate products began to replace slaves in the European commerce with Africa, it is difficult to demonstrate a link between economic self-interest and the abolition of the slave trade. | 49 |
